Measurement and analysis of facial features of terracotta warriors based on high-precision 3D point clouds

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Yungang Hu
Desheng Lan
Jingyang Wang
Miaole Hou
Songnian Li
Xiuzhen Li
Lei Zhu
机构：
[1] Beijing University of Civil Engineering and Architecture,School of Geomatics and Urban Spatial Informatics
[2] Key Laboratory for Architectural Heritage Fine Reconstruction & Health Monitoring,Department of Key Scientific Research Base of Ancient Polychrome Pottery Conservation
[3] Emperor Qinshihuang’s Mausoleum Museum,The First Institute of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing
[4] Ministry of Natural Resources,Department of Civil Engineering
[5] Ryerson University,undefined
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Heritage Science | / 10卷
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Terracotta warriors; 3D point clouds; Facial features; ANOVA; MDS;
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The striking realism of the life-sized ceramic terracotta warriors has been attracting the interest of the public and archaeologists since they were discovered from the mausoleum complex of the first Chinese Emperor Qin Shihuang in the 1970s. It is still debated whether the life-size models were based on individual people or were just crafted from the standardized models. This research examined the facial features of the terracotta warriors in a quantitative and contactless way with the support of the High-precision 3D point cloud modelling technology and the anthropometric method. The similarities and dissimilarities were analyzed among the facial features of terracotta warriors and 29 modern Chinese ethnic groups using mathematical statistics methods such as MDS, ANOVA, ranking analysis and cluster analysis. The results reveal that the features of the terracotta warriors highly resemble those of contemporary Chinese people and indicate that terracotta warriors were crafted from real portraits and intended to constitute a real army to protect the Emperor Qin Shihuang in the afterlife.
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